New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-31

sSS .a being S:ss: Sn ss:%
% heW. everlasting no, simply because had not
s my Of not
permit me 10 bcisve In the peculiar redcem!ng power
Yon Asa as who have o Sa q Wi
not b punished quite 50 eSSrsy Sssre you DE
Tho moro road the Bible the more afraid was
to become Christian. The iass " coming Into
outthrOats and other human scourges, who had had
but q few moments Of repentance before roaming
D n sspsw ya' b.
added the fanatic thugs Of INDIA tho Rira1o' sh :,
| was enough to shock and dsmay any mild oecens
soul not schoolsd in eccentric Christianity
be sure Of heavenly home that choose " sign
myself "Your Heathen," but because want 70 1e ~
Sn In Ss sy DO Ts and
| In my htb.
"a o first place. faith does not teach ,ss d y.
hath long fOTserIpsa but 4 is. what asn, make n ths
wsy rna n nnaa @4sa S %
not eager for converts; but, Ike Free Masonry. VIC
the seekers after light and truth to offer themselves
without urging or proselydzing efforts IL pre-
be ccntensd With what haze to possess mind
that Is Tranquil and body at vase s wad not that
Others should do unto. you, DO ye not even so unto
| them" We believe that II we are not abs T. %
harm them This is better than the restless Christian
doctrine Of ccaseless action !deness Is no wrong
Is these frutless trials Of thing and another that
| produce so much trouble and misery In Christian
We heather believe in tho happiness of common
while the only wa1ssppS
ana there is more money g be made by being I'm
the swim" Christian than by being se a. sns
| year than heathen banker in two ! 40 not Diane
them for their mOnoy-malins' but for their way Oh
| making It, ,,
How many eminent Christian preachers sincerely
| believe In ali tho Christian mysteries they peacn
Ana yet 1t a as pHGs real e oG from
habit than othcrwse-lke Bowery aucuonser ron VIM 10,
| 10 mako trade, provides customers t0o-tO Keep up
the Of rushing business The more ana c sSo
made the more profit to the churcn, anu r,U
would the hundreds Of thousands Of these Christian
ministers in the United States MAKE sncIr ~ the
| credulous by making the "pews" believe "nas 'h0
| "pulpit" does mott
Nor do we heather believe in a machine way OF
doing good. II we find man starving IN tn NJ
streets we do not wait until we find the oversce1 oi
| the poor nor for the unwindng Of other cNlnzea
red red tape before relieving the mans hunger IL "a a
heather soes man fall from troe 70 ah bospa for
an ambulance, nor does the ambuanceman first
want to know what precinct the injured man psoa as
nearest shelter for other needed treatment, ana
when the danger Is then red tape may come r IN
sS. we do not advertise IKE the Christian.
do we suppress knowledge Of the mentonous acts VI
others 70 su% of Ga wa during
Memphis yellow fever epidemic few years asS a a
Cver the United States. Chinese merchants IN emma
that time to the re se ct sWa
loved the sweet mosol without even "thank you"
Tut they did advertise IT, heavily and strongly a..
| over the world when they paid $4,000 TO me
Chinese Government as petty condensation for the
Of ;o- GnS sns hess and other
poor heathen Of their earthly possessions.
OF course decline to admit all the s,ss nses
"a the oniy civilized one It's civilization Is borrowed
| naspted and shaped from our older form
China o5 has s,S na prned history $500 years
| n Furopean discovered the art OF ype-piihtihs. Al
the S9uTs ike o. other through mythology superstition
witchcrat, established rflg9n ,, 20 snss bat a
religion We have boon "bies 0 W,.n Nation Nons
Of them were rational enough to become the aS,as
Of an os I..a s %sn Out society better and
| H. government more protective anu Soc,aI and
Reasoner, CONTIGUOUS reduced our VARIOUS To,,aed
| re,oiuus ideas into book form and 80 perpeIua'oo
CAN US heather you Will the Chinese ss,a are or se
Among 4oo0OOOOO of Chinese there s are AZ, .n
and roOOeres In CHINA year spp 5nna luxurious
monarchNwhoso ovcry within must be grathea; ye,,
It's people are the &c % nSy but nSh' from ed SOIL
cs and salt; and Yet sho has not single a0iA' VI
national debt o,,,o.. ., ~,
,os then n1iltlclans that leave tho matter .,
srspu,cnce entirely in their hands; apo en.s Ss
aee ~ life nropety and happiness without Christian
dcmacogIsm or by the cruel persecution Oh o"s ws
sy 40 far heathenish to no longer perseeu,e men
smply on account Of race, color UT previous the,r
OF servItudo but treat them all ACCORDING " '"'''
'N ThonSh we may 0ncr from the Christian IN "a, ap-
pearnco manners ana cnwardv mobs under the
SSe 90 Of social Or political reform to anaSs y,n and
mu oar Seahemsm a. longer tolerate PCpu ar
feeling religious prejudice " ue''"' ''''''
We arc simple enough too not to sOW Isa the the
neglect or Of age by youth hpwsTor DOWN %a the
fire Of Heaven upon those VINO niaAo 1i'"'
Christian. are continually fussing about religion
an3 ct there Is moro wobedness In the neghsornooe
of a single chur,a district OF 10oo LSop'o ~
York than among ONO "iiA'' Ao"'
anu Christian talk i, long and loud about how 20 Dc
good asa W act dog take your crust and b.
anu" And Is H. thsrstGs, any yne wS Single State
n Of Now New York in Year than in all Chinaf m, N.
Tho difference between the the. S Soad for the sake
CHr ho,mg Good With the CHRISTIAN what little soos
be does does It for mmeda nS"V wa a Compound
interest In fact the Christian Is the wof'hy h''i
OF his religious ancestors - ,,,,,o .hout IL
the Christian does little good, but when ne doe' liz
ANTS II I'm the papers and OH his tombstone ,,o,
Inye men for the good they do you Is 2rae,hcn,
Cbdstian idea not for the good you slouIo a. A thS
Ieafhen: yes, tho heathens possessIonss ,o"s in
nroporon to these the Christans tS So ckkinamens
,nn"ity Vhon the English wanted tne C pinaln ,hi ~
rod and trade they said they wanted Ito OP tse chS
ior an, aniv missionary they looked after w1en .ney
forced the ports open And this Sd ore ,nurS
oi sna morai in China than all the humanitarian
agencc. Of Christianity could remedy IN rec eco Of roS
ANU uh e burdsn OF the criino resulting; Of tens u
millions honest ussai mss s, Gns short miserable
M Saeaos the physical and moral prostratoh !,
f,,s even where 1t does not prematuroy XII Ahc